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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Patrick R. Fleming, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Thomas J. Dahlin, Ironwood, MI (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); B60R 13/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); E01F 9/60 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/10 (2013.01); E01F 9/60 (2016.02); G06K 7/14 (2013.01); G06K 9/325 (2013.01); G06K 19/0614 (2013.01); G06K 19/06103 (2013.01);
Abstract
Retroreflective articles comprise a substrate and a bar code provided on the substrate. The bar code comprises at least one human-readable information which provides framing information and a machine-readable information which provides variable information. The human-readable information is visible under a first condition and invisible under a second condition, and the machine-readable information is invisible under the first condition and visible under the second condition.